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March 28, 2007
Develop For SF's Cell Phone Video Startup Tiny Pictures
Earlier this month, San Francisco-based Tiny Pictures an Francisco-based Tiny Pictures raised an undisclosed amount of Series A from Mohr-Davidow Ventures. It is set to launch into beta an application called Radar for camera phones. Tiny Pictures will let you invite friends to view "channels" of your photographic snippets as you travel. The company's CEO John Poisson was head of mobile media research and design groups for Sony in Tokyo.
Send your resume to jobs@tinypictures.us
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Sales VP For Online Ad Marketplace Adify In San Bruno
Adify was recently named by CNN Money as a top 25 startup to watch, for what that is worth. Its series A round of financing of $8M was led by Venrock Associates. Founders Larry Braitman and Richard Thompson, co-founded Flycast Communications which did a $500M IPO.
email a cover letter and resume to jobs@adify.com.
V.P. of Advertising Sales
Adify is seeking a talented and seasoned media sales professional who possesses the drive and industry experience to develop a market leading position in the online advertising space.
The V.P. of Advertising Sales position will leverage Adify’s installed base of publishers in order to develop and drive a national advertising sales strategy for the Adify network. This position focus primarily on generating new ad sales revenue, and then managing relationships with established accounts.
Primary focus is to accelerate revenue and customer growth through new sales development, as well as retention and extension of established accounts.
Responsibilities:
* Develop and execute results oriented sales strategies for a defined regional market, through solutions based online advertising sales to Agencies and Direct Advertiser.
* Lead accelerated revenue growth of early stage start up
* Achieve Monthly and Quarterly revenue and SBO goals by proactively seeking new advertisers and by maintaining and extending existing accounts.
* Oversee account management of established advertisers to ensure highest levels level of service, satisfaction and renewal.
* Establish and nurture relationships with Advertising Agencies, direct advertising clients and other media industry contacts.
* Represent Adify at key industry events, trade shows and conventions.
* Establish and maintain best practices regarding product knowledge, inventory packaging and pricing focused on client needs and objectives.
* Partner with internal technical and product experts to help determine effective sales strategies that leverage Adify's technology.
* Hiring, training and mentoring of Sales Account Executives.
Qualifications:
* 5+ years online advertising sales experience.
* 2+ sales management, including experience in hiring and development.
* Business Develop, site acquisition and/or network ad sales experiences desired.
* A proven track record of achieving sales revenue goals through multiple products, messages and clients bases.
* Established, relevant and current Agency and direct advertiser relationships that will accelerate revenue growth.
* Demonstrated leadership in managing sales cycles, negotiating and closing small and large, revenue generating deals.
* Must be able to think creatively and strategically, and have a proven track record in aligning and driving deals to successful completion.
* Consultative approach to selling online advertising services is a strong plus.
* Strong ability to create and articulate effective presentations for a multiple of product and messages to a variety of audiences.
* Knowledge and understanding of online marketing strategies such as the economics of CPM and CPA offers, post-transaction tracking.
* Must have the passion, energy and commitment to succeed by working hard and having fun in a dynamic, fast-paced environment (previous start-up experience a plus).
* A highly motivated, results-oriented, self-starter with strong analytical skills is essential.
* Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
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Multimedia Expertise Needed In Sherman Oaks. Not Its Not Porno.
Sherman Oaks, CA -based GoTV today raised $12M From Motorola and Qualcomm. The company created original content for cell phones. This is a very early stage market so this thing could sink or swim, but wireless video expertise will be handy.
+ MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION SPECIALIST SPANISH
+ MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
+ SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Submit your resume to hr@gotvnetworks.com. No phone calls or drop-offs.
Read - CTIA: GoTV Raises $12M From Motorola and Qualcomm (alarm:clock)
Posted by Paul at 06:45 AM | TrackBack
MSFT Wireless Spinout Zenzui Launches And Needs More People In Seattle
Microsoft spin-off Zenzui was the buzz of the internet today. The VC-backed startup left Redmond with IP and set-up shop in Seattle to earn a living from widgets for cell phones.
The argument for why Zenzui is the best of both worlds. Microsoft style benefits while working at a startup.
• 100% Premiums for Employees’ Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Great location in the heart of downtown Seattle.
• On-site Exercise Facility
• Cool Business Cards
You can view their technical and marketing positions here.
• Gratis Snacks and Beverages
• The ZenZui Film Festival
Posted by Paul at 06:38 AM | TrackBack
Plenty Of Jobs At Fremont's Net Video Deal Digital Fountain
Digital Fountain has one of the most over the top list of investors we have come across in a while, BT, Cisco, Honda, Texas Instruments, Sony. Founded in 2003, the company aims to enable home-theater quality television over the Internet and multimedia broadcasting to mobile devices.
Engineering
Internet TV Server Engineer
Internet TV Client Engineer
Internet TV Protocols Engineer
IPTV Applications Engineer
IPTV Systems Architect
Mobile Media Systems Architect
Mobile Media Applications Engineer
Senior IPTV Applications Engineer
Senior Quality Engineer
Applications Software Manager
Sales & Business Development
Director of Business Development - Internet Video Content
Director of Business Development - Internet Service Providers
Internet TV Sales Engineer
Product Marketing
Product Manager - IPTV & Mobile Multimedia Products
Finance & Administration
Controller
Apply to careers@digitalfountain.com
Posted by Paul at 06:29 AM | TrackBack
NYC/Philly's VC-funded NatPal Hiring Wave Of Techs For Search Marketing Play
Natpal.com is a Wharton Business School incubated, VC-backed start-up based in Philadelphia that says it poised for a major national rollout. Natpal says it has developed a unique approach to signing up and serving the thousands of local businesses moving their marketing budgets out of the Yellow Pages.
The company is currently looking to fill these roles:
* Core Software Engineer - New York, NY
* Quantitative Software Engineer -New York, NY
* User Interface Engineer - New York, NY
* Web-UI Design Position - New York, NY
Client Management
* Search Engine Marketing Manager -New York, NY
* Search Engine Marketing Specialist -New York, NY
Sales & Marketing
* Sales Executives - Philadelphia, PA | New York, NY
Send resume and cover letter to : jobs@natpal.com
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Marketing VP For Berkeley Enterprise Software Co. Bixdata
Berkeley, CAs BixData sells an IT management tool for large enterprises. BixData can most monitor everything that a network and systems depend on. After installation of BixServer and BixDesktop users can monitor network devices, HTTP, Web Services, Mail Servers, File Systems and Applications. Be notified instantly when a service or device goes down or escalate notification based on downtime.
This is a full or part-time position in Berkeley, telecommuting possible.
Apply to jobs 'at' bixdata dot com
Early stage startup with exciting new product looking for experienced candidate to lead marketing effort.
Great opportunity for the right person!
We make an IT management tool for large enterprises.
Any company with more than 50 servers is a potential customer.
For more information about the product, visit http://www.bixdata.com.
About You:
- Experience marketing enterprise software
- Proven track record of success
- Ability to think on your feet and sell creatively (a natural)
- Polished phone and face-to-face skills
- Confident and persuasive personality
- Fast learner
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage a marketing plan for our enterprise product
- Develop a marketing message of the business advantages offered by the company’s products and be able to articulate those advantages to senior business executives and developers
- Further develop the existing internet marketing strategy
- Manage PR and other partner marketing relations
- Track lead generation and customer loyalty
If you think you have what it takes, and you want to get on the ground floor of a successful company, then we want to hear from you.
This is a full or part-time position in Berkeley, telecommuting possible.
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March 22, 2007
Engineer VP For Waltham, MA's People Search Engine ZoomInfo
Backed by significant venture capital resources, Waltham, MA-based ZoomInfo has an open req for VP of engineering. The company has a French Canadian Chief Scientist that you will be to contend with but we think this is a good company.
They don't yet list the job on their site so send you resume to their recruiting manager.
View - site
Posted by Paul at 11:47 PM | TrackBack
March 20, 2007
Engineering VP For VC-Backed, SF-based Avatar Maker Pulse
Pulse Entertainment has secured around $5.8M of an $8.5M second round from return backers Anthem Venture Partners and Draper Associates, says PeHub. Pulse has raised approximately $60M in total VC funding since its 1994.
The San Francisco-based startup looks to rejuvenation as a user generated content management vendor. One feature sounds cool: It automatically transforms static two-dimensional facial images into animated three-dimensional characters with synchronized audio - either recorded or via text-to-speech. We can't find examples of this in action yet.
Apply here: jobs@pulsemobile.com
Job Description
The VP of Engineering will be responsible for all day-to-day operations of the software engineering and quality assurance teams. The successful candidate will have very strong organizational and project management skills, along with a solid software development background as well as a proven history of providing leadership in high up-time environments and building a team in a dynamic startup environment. The VP of Engineering also participates in executive staff meetings and has involvement in all product and software development decisions.
Requirements
* Extensive software Product Development experience
* Shipping multiple commercial products through multiple release cycles
* Experience with multi-site (including international) development involving multiple partner and customer developers.
* Development of client/server products with technologies such as Java, Tomcat, JSP, Apache, Linux;
* Strong academic background mostly likely in CS or Applied Mathematics;
* Software engineering methodologies
* Creation of media-oriented products, 3D experience a plus
* Test methodologies and release control
* Telecommunications-related experience a plus
* Knowledge of mobile platforms a plus
* Familiarity with high up-time environments
* Ability to synthesize engineering strategies from business development, marketing, and strategic requirements
* Ability to recruit, motivate and retain a strong technical team
* Effective communication including strong oral and written communication skills in English to investors, partners and customers
* Will thrive in a dynamic organizational environment
* Proven ability in building a quality engineering organization
If you are interested in this position, please send us a detailed resume and cover letter to jobs@pulsemobile.com with "Vice-President, Engineering" included in the subject field.
Posted by BT at 11:56 PM | TrackBack
Report: Highest Demand Tech Skills For Contract Workers
Rank Category Searches
1. ERP and packaged software 236,389
2. Developers - web 193,270
3. Project management 177,818
4. Data development 158,745
5. Analysis and design 116,733
6. Developers - client server 108,288
7. Networking 104,448
8. IT management 103,368
9. Hardware/OS/Sys Admin 92,175
10. Data administration 86,282
11. QA and testing 84,254
12. Developers - PC and desktop 83,137
13. Help desk and support 59,234
14. Architecture 58,597
15. Certifications 55,501
16. Developers - mainframe 47,973
17. Telecommunication 45,903
18. Industries and apps 38,236
19. Security 31,786
20. Developers - mid-range 26,184
21. API's - standards and methods 22,040
22. Technical writing 20,969
23. Support 14,768
24. Tech trainers 13,843
25. Auditing 12,645
26. Development tools 12,502
27. Groupware 8,235
28. Product management 7,375
29. Developers - wireless 6,983
30. Web analytics 1,977
Read - HotGigs 2007 IT Contract Workforce Report Reveals Top 20 IT Talent Areas
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March 19, 2007
Tech VP For Denver's VoIP Review Site - "take powder days when you hit milestones"
VoIP Review is looking for someone to head their tech efforts. This site aggregates information on various VoIP plans and feeds that to CNET and other sites. The pay doesn't seem great $50-100K per year. This looks like a fairly small operation but they do seem to have a head of steam.
Apply to - Careers@VoipReview.biz .
VP of Technology and Web for a hot Colorado Internet search startup, work virtually from metro Denver home office, set your own hours, take powder days when you hit milestones, and help build a fast growing Internet company into a market leader. All inquiries can be kept confidential. Pay: $50,000 or as high as $100,000 depending on skills.
Who�s the Company?
Voip Review is the premier web site for comparing and purchasing VoIP phone services. The VoIP sector of the telecommunications industry is one of the hottest areas of the economy expected to grow by billions every year. Voip Review focuses on the small business and home segments of the market selling VoIP services in the USA, Canada, and around the world.
Voip Review powers such prominent sites as CNet.com with our VoIP comparison shopping engine. Voip Review has been referenced by The New York Times, Business Week, The Wall Street journal, and dozens of other publications and has helped over 3 million visitors since its inception.
What will you get to do?
* At a high-level, you�ll be responsible for ensuring our web site is successful. Depending on your skill set that can take on many forms and we�re completely in favor of people�s talent being used even if it doesn�t fit the job description.
* You will be in charge of high-level planning and the architecture for the site. You�ll determine how components of the site work (but not actually implement them or code them), manage and plan the data model, and create processes for managing relationships with customers, payments, and data via an online web interface. Coming up with new and exciting ways of doing things with Web 2.0 techniques will be a fun, creative part of your job.
* You will be responsible for managing all of our overseas developers by working with one project manager located overseas. You will create all requirements and business specifications documents and work with our overseas project manager to insure that everything is implemented properly including insuring that they have done thorough debugging of all components.
* Working with the CEO and VP of Marketing to come up with and implement improvements to the site, product, and user experience will be a critical part of what you do.
* Constantly improving the front-end and content of the web site along with some administrative activities which includes but is not limited to monitoring the site uptime and performance, making emergency updates when necessary, and making any SEO (search engine optimization) improvements are among the variety of skills you will utilize while at Voip Review. Doing usability tests in a real-world or lab environment will also be part of your key activities.
* An optional activity is managing and administer our forums and community by working with an existing member of our team already doing so. So if you�ve ever found an online forum or community helpful you�ll have a chance to return the favor by keeping well maintained and organized forums.
What will you learn?
* If you don�t know about any of the items above you will learn them. We will either teach you or supply you with any books, subscriptions, seminars, classes you need, or you will learn through experience. You will learn how a small, fast-growing startup in a booming market attacks the opportunities presented.
What are you going to accomplish?
* Things are very early still in the market for VoIP and you will have the rare chance to help build a company that is poised for rapid growth as VoIP grows rapidly.
Who will you get to work with?
* You�ll be working with a small but very talented team of professionals who are excited about helping people and building a great business. We�re also excited about Colorado so when we reach important milestones as a company we�ll do something fun like take a powder day during the middle of the week!
What will you earn?
* You will receive a base salary of $50,000 and pay could go as high as $100,000 depending on skill and experience.
Capabilities you will need:
* C#, MS SQL Server, XML, HTML, and JavaScript are required.
* Excellent written communication skills
* Search engine optimization knowledge � a big plus but not required
* Experience documenting systems
* Database architecture such as rules of third normal form
* GUI desing, user interface design, usability testing skills
* A passion for creating an amazing user experience
* Knowledge of accounting terms and how to balance the books since you�ll monitor and audit the accuracy of our online billing and payment system
* An understanding of how VoIP works, the different types of VoIP out there, what various calling features do, hosted PBXs, IP PBXs, IP phones, gateways, and routers
* Experience running or participating in forums and online communities - optional
* Self discipline to work from home office
* Enjoyment of entrepreneurial environment, prior startup experience a plus, & desire to be a significant contributor in building a successful venture in an unstructured, dynamic start-up environment
* Desire and ability to write blogs or articles is a plus but not necessary
* Experience with web-based business
Next Steps:
Call or email us now and tell us a little bit about yourself. If you are currently employed and don�t have an updated resume, send us a snippet of your most significant accomplishment.
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Operations VP For SF's MedVantage
These guys couldn't possibly have written a longer job description. They are based in the financial district of San Francisco and are on the hunt for a VP of operations. This looks like a sleepy job to us but whatever floats your boat.
info@medvantage.com
Med-Vantage
Vice President, Operations
Company Background:
Med-Vantage® is a growing healthcare informatics company that delivers business intelligence applications for reducing health care costs and improving quality of care. We are a privately held company based in the financial district of San Francisco (www.medvantage.com).
Reporting Relationship:
The VP of Operations reports to the CEO.
Job Location:
Downtown San Francisco with 25% travel to Atlanta and client sites.
Summary Description of Duties:
The VP of Operations oversees company operations for Health Informatics, Customer Support, Administration, Planning, Training and other relevant day-to-day business operation functions. We are looking for an organized self-starter with excellent attention to detail and structure, and a team builder with proven managerial skills commensurate with this position.
Primary Responsibilities:
The VP of Operations (“VPO”) ensures that staff is well trained, guided by product road maps, internal work plans, knowledge-based tools, a performance objective system and management direction. The VPO creates the system and structure to ensure ongoing product innovation, research & development of analytic models including the creation and protection of intellectual property. The VPO develops, maintains, and oversees quality assurance for professional standards in corporate service functions, customer deliverables, and operational functions. The VPO oversees the expansion and management of company R & D and customer service support centers across the U.S. The VPO supports the CEO with company resource planning, client project planning, execution and oversight of client deliverables, recruitment and retention.
Specific responsibilities:
? Oversee daily activities of operations to maximize scheduling and real-time utilization of resources; analyze and recommend part-time, flexible and full-time employee mix for operations, professional services and informatics.
? Sponsor and drive technology initiatives to streamline, redesign and automate operations and workflow, quality assurance, company knowledge bases, and staff performance.
? Ensure that staff is effectively utilized and leverage technology and internal knowledgebase.
? Support third party vendor relationships and coordination of company resources.
? Lead weekly, monthly and annual planning processes as appropriate.
? Keep CEO promptly and fully informed of all issues of material significance, and take prompt corrective action where necessary or suggest alternative courses of action which may be taken.
? Perform all necessary supervisory functions to effectively and efficiently manage the personnel assigned.
? Communicate areas of accountability and performance expected of personnel assigned.
? Support the Company performance review and compensation system. Recommend salary / bonus adjustments, transfers, promotions and dismissals to the CEO.
? Ensure proper training of personnel assigned.
? Ensure company wide deployment and adoption of knowledge-based tools and training.
? Ensure development and oversight of professional standards for client deliverables and company work products.
? Ensure creation of company intellectual property and research and development is properly protected, catalogued, and documented for staff training, product management and engineering specification purposes.
? Work closely with Product Management and Professional Services to ensure that health informatics and analytic R & D results in applied product functionality required / desired by customers.
? Support the SVP of Sales in the expansion of professional services functions.
? Ensure that customer advisory groups are active, improve satisfaction, and seed continuing product innovation.
? Ensure security, HIPAA compliance, and confidentiality of company and client intellectual assets.
? Work with the CEO to foster a cooperative and harmonious working climate conducive to maximize employee morale and productivity (retreats, planning sessions, interdepartmental communication).
? Develop and maintain effective business relationships among Operations, Informatics, Product Management, Sales, Professional Services and Engineering departments.
? Responsible for multi-site office operations.
Requirements
Qualifications:
1. Minimum of ten years management experience in health plan operations, or operations research, or business intelligence or database software.
2. Demonstrated track record for building and managing operations and personnel from start-up to over 1,000 employees. This includes personnel management skills.
3. Ability to run multi-state operations and development centers.
4. Experience with deploying and maintaining knowledge-based systems and processes that support professional services, training, and R & D analytic and business rules management software.
5. Excellent project management skills, including skill in designing and implementing communication plans as part of project management.
6. Familiarity with software development and product life cycle management.
7. Masters level education preferred. Bachelors level required.
8. Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication skills, including rapport, poise and presence with executive leadership and all levels of staff.
9. An entrepreneurial spirit, exhibiting professionalism, high energy level, significant commitment, and demonstrated interest in growing the company.
10. Ability to work independently on multiple projects with minimal supervision or direction.
11. A fast learner who continues to learn as solutions and industry dynamics change.
12. Experience with Internet standards and technologies. Proficient with Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
13. Strategic thinker with ability to master details.
14. Willingness and ability to work under pressure and deadlines.
15. Accuracy and thoroughness in executing projects, procedures, and work.
16. A customer friendly and responsive attitude for internal and external parties.
17. Good negotiation, conflict management & customer service skills.
Compensation:
Position is a full-time, exempt position. Comprehensive benefits and stock options included.
E-mail or send CV and salary history to (no phone calls please):
Med-Vantage, Inc.
353 Sacramento Street, Suite 1520
San Francisco, CA 94111
Posted by BT at 06:51 PM | TrackBack
BD VP/Sales For Newly Funded Open Source Video In Biz Apps Startup Avidence
Avidence just raised $5M today and is looking for a VP for Business Development to work out of its Sunnyvale hq.
Apply here
Vice President, Business Development & Sales
The Vice President of Business Development and Sales will partner with the CEO to develop the
appropriate channel strategy and revenue pipeline that maximizes the long-term valuation potential
of the company and develop relationships that activate company's strategic vision. This will include
creating a revenue model associated with developing and cultivating key strategic relationships, directly with early customers and with appropriate channels, where our differentiating technology will be in high demand.
The Vice President of Business Development and Sales should have a track record of successfully
embracing disruptive technologies. He/She will also have a proven track record of maximizing
revenue potential and solid leadership skills.
Responsibilities include:
* Create and implement the business development and sales plans in their entirety.
* Be responsible and accountable for achieving the company's revenue goals.
* Source partnerships for software products both at the OEM Strategic Partner and Enterprise level
and manage partners to ensure maximum distribution.
* Develop various channels and execute strategy.
* Ensure that channel strategy is consistent with corporate and product strategy.
* Develop financial models and business cases for each customer and strategic partnership.
* Negotiate contracts.
* Must be self-starting and independent, without requiring a lot of day-to-day supervision and
directions.
* Report directly to CEO/President and be able to function extremely well in a "team" environment,
accountable to the entire team for his/her performance and success.
Qualifications:
* An extensive background in the business development and sales of software products.
* Minimum of 5 years in specifically managing large direct sales opportunities and channel creation.
* Experience in selling technology solutions to large direct customers seeking a competitive market advantage over their competition.
* Experience in developing all forms of partnerships including OEM, VAR, and Channel.
* Must have experience negotiating, reviewing, and analyzing contracts and a successful track
record in sales.
* Experience raising VC capital a big plus.
* Working knowledge of selling in an open source environment, a strong plus.
* Experience in video/data management software a plus.
Posted by BT at 06:15 PM | TrackBack
March 14, 2007
VP of Ad Sales For Funded MyYearBook In New Hope, PA
New Hope, PA-based myYearbook.com raised $4.1M in Series A funding from US Venture Partners and First Round Capital.
The start-up says it gets 1.7M members in the United States and around the world, and over 5M unique visitors per month.
myYearbook.com was founded by Catherine Cook, a high school senior, and her older brother Dave Cook, who graduated from high school in June 2006 and is now a freshman at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Their first investor was their older brother, Geoff, who founded and sold EssayEdge.com and ResumeEdge.com when he was in college - "making him a millionaire at age 24."
Apply - here
Posted by Paul at 11:41 PM | TrackBack
Life Could Be So Nice: Funded Broadband CEO Gig In The Caribbean
This is an anonymous company posting on LinkedIn. Sounds too good to be true, so don't blame us if its a Nigerian based scam.
"A fantastic opportunity in a rapidly developing market. A Caribbean based start up funded by US & European investors is looking for a talented results orientated CEO to lead a great start up team and build a PAN Caribbean broadband/multiservice network."
Apply here
Posted by Paul at 11:11 PM | TrackBack
March 12, 2007
3I Needs VC Associate in Bay Area
3i is one of the largest European VC firms. They are looking for pre-MBA Associates with 2–3 years of total post-undergraduate experience to focus on late-stage technology venture capital investing in private companies. The positions are located in Menlo Park. Start date is Spring/Summer 2007.
associates.us@3i.com.
3i Venture Capital Associate Job Description
3i is seeking pre-MBA Associates with 2–3 years of total post-undergraduate experience to focus on late-stage technology venture capital investing in private companies. The positions are located in Menlo Park, California. Start date is Spring/Summer 2007. The Associates will work in a fast-paced, global team environment and will be responsible for supporting partners in deal sourcing, deal execution and portfolio management.
Associate Responsibilities:
· Deal sourcing - Sourcing high quality, late stage deal opportunities for the firm is the Associates’ first priority. Associates are expected to identify attractive industry sectors and specific companies for investment, proactively build relationships with target company entrepreneurs, and qualify new deal opportunities.
· Deal execution - Associates will work closely with Partners to engage in transactions by conducting due diligence on companies and markets, performing quantitative analysis and managing overall deal process.
· Portfolio management – Associates will assist the investment team on specific portfolio company projects as required.
The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:
· 2–3 years of total work experience in one of the following disciplines with direct exposure to the technology industry:
* investment banking
* venture capital or private equity
* business development
· Exceptional communication and networking skills, a high level of maturity and good time management skills as deal sourcing is a critical success factor.
· Strong quantitative, analytical, due diligence and research skills with a preference for candidates with financial modelling experience in a deal transaction environment.
· Demonstrated experience and interest in the technology industry.
· Proactive attitude with solid business judgment.
Benefits of Associate Position:
· Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience and will include base salary and performance-based bonus.
· Potential to have a significant, immediate impact on a small local investing team and for high visibility within the global 3i organization.
· Excellent personal experience in finding, analyzing and financing new deals.
· Exposure to venture capital, entrepreneurial and high-growth technology industries and companies.
Interested Candidates should email their resumes to associates.us@3i.com.
About 3i
3i is a global leader in private equity and venture capital with an unparalleled track record of over 60 years of experience and over $32 billion invested. Today, 3i operates in 14 countries across US, Europe, and Asia, managing over $13 billion and investing $2.6 billion annually in Venture Capital and Private Equity. In the past five years alone, 3i has backed more than 40 companies that have gone public on the world’s leading exchanges and has executed over 450 M&A transactions. 3i US focuses on opportunities across a variety of technology sectors including consumer, media, healthcare, business services, software, semiconductors, cleantech and telecommunications.
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March 09, 2007
Engineering VP For Un-named Well Funded SF Startup
No idea who these guys are:
"We are a very well-published, PRE-IPO start up on a steep trajectory: with 25+ million active users; one of the best known proven technologies on the internet; $30 Million from Top Tier VC's; and partnership agreements with major fortune 500 companies- We're pushing forward with a ton of momentum. We are looking for a VP of Engineering to assist one of our founders in taking our engineering management to the next level, as well as drive our technical projects in a very fast-paced environment, and seek out new applications for our technology. The Vice President of Engineering will be expected to manage a team of 20+ and will be responsible for the overall planning, execution, and success of the projects."
Reply to: job-290824276@craigslist.org
We are looking for someone with the following background and qualities:
- Very high technical competence, track record of strong coding and individual technical accomplishments, and strong academic record.
- Software or hardware background, Internet experience.
- Entrepreneurial drive, demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in an innovative and fast paced environment.
- 5+ years relevant experience managing large, fast-paced and dynamic engineering teams.
- Solid leadership skills, experience building a strong engineering teams. Strong project-management skills.
- Proven track record for product delivery.
- Able to fit in well within an informal startup environment and to provide hands-on management.
- Establish credibility with smart engineers quickly.
- MS CS preferred (PhD, a plus).
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CTO For Stealth Mode Search Co. Bazooked in SF
Bazooked asks:
"Do you have technical thought-leadership in web search and categorization using techniques such as semantic analysis, link analysis and inferences drawn from user-based content? Do you understand the inner-workings of search and directory-building? Do you have a point-of-view on related matters such as sub-space clustering, ontology development, contextual/faceted/visual search?" We know we do not.
Contact: thinkbig@bazooked.com
Do you have technical thought-leadership in web search and categorization using techniques such as semantic analysis, link analysis and inferences drawn from user-based content? Do you understand the inner-workings of search and directory-building? Do you have a point-of-view on related matters such as sub-space clustering, ontology development, contextual/faceted/visual search?
If so, this could be a very interesting ground-floor start-up opportunity.
Bazooked has a big vision for the web and a superb understanding of how to make it work. We think it's an excellent marriage of the spirit of web 1.0 with the lessons of web 2.0. We are not a search company, but instead an application that views search as a service into something just as big and valuable for the user experience on the web.
We are looking for technical leadership to join the team. We need one candidate who fits the following profile, but if you work with someone in a pair, that's also good and perhaps better. We will also consider individuals who want to get involved part-time if that makes sense.
Appropriate candidates will meet the following criteria.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated history of in-depth algorithm design and analysis
- Expertise in web data mining, information retrieval and content discovery
- Expertise in machine learning and natural language processing
- Good understanding of software architecture and Object Oriented design.
- Ability to think abstractly and strong framework orientation
- Facile with both the research and development aspects of Computer Sciences
- MS or PH.D. with research in related areas
- Creative ability and strong track-record of innovation
- Curious, self-starter; motivated to constantly tinker with systems and applications
- Independent thinker with healthy degree of individualism
- Can-do, inspirational attitude
- Risk-taker w/ readiness to swing for the fences
Plus
You are also really interested in the following topics:
- Directory-building of web content for dynamic needs.
- Designing highly scalable and high performance search technology.
- Defining the next-generation of relevance in search and classification systems.
- Different approaches for content clustering and hierarchical content structures.
- How the best of folksonomy and taxonomy may be leveraged or merged. Maybe a folksy taxonomy?
- How social media, especially blogs, help content categorization beyond tags.
- How traditional search algorithms might progress to factor in user-based categorization to supplement existing approaches.
Bazooked is doing very interesting work to introduce a new form of content aggregation. The company will be angel-funded and is working on product development specifications right now. The company is founded by an experienced entrepreneur and web 1.0 veteran who has the insight and contacts to position Bazooked for success.
Contact: thinkbig@bazooked.com
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Marketing VP For Popular Bug Tracking Software Atlassian
This is a Sydney/San Francisco startup that has done well by making a better bug tracker. They need a VP of marketing for their SF office. It is apparent that they do a good job with HR and make sure the team is well fed and cared for. It looks like you would report to Jeff Walker, President.
Email - jobs@atlassian.com with the subject "About - Jobs - VP of Markeiting and attach:
ATLASSIAN SOFTWARE
Atlassian Software Systems is a new breed of software company. Located in San Francisco and Sydney, with over 5,000 customers in over 60 countries, Atlassian is revolutionizing the way enterprise software is sold and used by businesses.
Five years ago Atlassian introduced JIRA, which is now the most popular issue tracker used for IT and software project management. Atlassian's second product Confluence spearheaded the use of enterprise wikis in corporations. Both products are experiencing powerful growth while the company has recently introduced new products.
THE ROLE
As the Vice President of Marketing you will be an exceptionally talented and creative executive who sets the direction and manages the execution of all aspects of worldwide marketing. You will understand non-traditional, word-of-mouth marketing, and will be strong at both product marketing and marketing communications. Because 90% of our sales are currently via the Internet, your role will be more substantial than at traditional software companies. You will be an integral member of our executive team and help set the direction of one of the fastest growing software companies in the entire software industry. You will bring brilliant leadership that markedly affects our already intense growth. You will report to the President and manage a worldwide team.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Visit www.atlassian.com, ask your colleagues about JIRA’s and Confluence’s reputation, read our blogs, and find out why Atlassian is unconventionally refreshing, and why this is one of the absolute best marketing opportunities you could consider.
EXPECTED BACKGROUND
* Proven track record as a marketing executive in the software industry
* Successful experience with non-traditional marketing communication skills
* Exceptional personal leadership and communication skills
* At least ten years of marketing experience in increasingly significant roles
* Ability to grow from a small start-up culture to a sophisticated, highly professional yet still innovative team
* Extremely results and measurement oriented
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Setting the strategy and plans for worldwide marketing
* Developing strong institutional knowledge within the company about our markets and customers
* Leading and defining effective product marketing in support of all products
* Managing superior website performance in terms of visitors, conversion, and customer experience
* Leading all search engine optimization, search engine marketing, and advertising
* Leading all marketing communications and public relations
* Leading and contributing to evangelizing our products
* Managing an effective team of employees and contractors worldwide
* Contributing significantly to the company strategy and executive team
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March 08, 2007
VP Product Marketing In LA For Hot Geneology Site Geni
We recently posted on our sister site the a:c that Geni has just raised $10M at a $100M valuation. The wiki based geneology site is apparently getting lots of traffic. It is founded by Paypal's former COO David Sacks. They offer free, catered lunches and no cubes! Victory! The company needs a VP for Product marketing. They have a number of other jobs they are looking to fill as well.
Apply - jobs@geni.com
Vice President of Product Marketing
Geni seeks a VP of Product Marketing to start immediately at its headquarters in West Hollywood, California. This individual will direct analysis of user activity, manage community outreach and user communications, and propose enhancements and features to maximize user growth.
Requirements
This role requires a deep understanding of user behavior in the consumer space, backed by the analytical skills to match a data-driven approach to prioritizing new features. Please respond to this job description if you possess the following:
* Five years experience in consumer internet products
* Three years experience in either product management or product marketing (analytics)
* The ability to write your own queries to supplement user activity reports
* Substantial management experience, with multiple direct reports
About Geni
This is a great opportunity to join a funded, agile startup that is just getting traction with its user base. We currently number just over a dozen, and are led by David O. Sacks, former COO of PayPal and generally regarded as the person responsible for focusing that product into a useful service. Our team includes several transplants from Bay Area companies as well as many of top developers from the greater Los Angeles area. Along with the great user experience we intend to build, we're building a great company, with the following features:
* Ample funding and great advisors
* Flat organizational hierarchy emphasizing meritocracy
* Great benefits
* Catered lunch, as well as free dinner if you're working late
* Bright, new offices (no cubes)
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Engineering VP For Wiki's SocialText
4 year old Enterprise wiki platform startup SocialText is hiring a VP of Engineering and it has several other tech postions open. We take this as good news for the company. Its rival Jotspot was bought by Google and there are several open source wiki versions but SocialText targets the enterprise. It looks like your boss would be founder and CTO Pete Kaminksi.
Apply to - jobs@socialtext.com
Socialtext is changing the world by selling web-based social software -- wikis, blogs and more -- to businesses around the world. We are a 4-year old startup based in Palo Alto. We created the enterprise social software space, and we're backed by top-tier investors and some of the largest software and hardware companies in the world.
Socialtext is seeking an entrepreneurial, hands-on executive to join us to manage and recruit our best and brightest web software developers. The mission of our engineering team is to build superior products, on quality and on schedule. Your mission will be to enable and facilitate the engineering team to deliver on their excellence. You must be passionate about this aspect of your job; it is the primary focus of the VP Engineering role.
You will be coming into an established and fast-growing startup company. Our software development team is geographically distributed over North America (and a few points east and west). Our management team works out of Socialtext headquarters in Palo Alto.
We feel that we are inventing the workplace and information sharing tools of the future. Socialtext is on the cutting edge of a number of software business trends:
- enterprise social software
- agile software development methods
- geographically distributed software development team
- self-organization and co-working
- personal responsibility and accountability
- commercial open source software
If you find these trends exciting, there is a good chance you're the kind of person we're looking for.
Successful candidates will have knowledge and experience in:
- managing agile software development teams made of skilled and creative developers
- working with a geographically distributed software development team
– web-based software architecture and design, especially with Perl, Python, Ruby, or PHP
– recruiting and retaining the best and the brightest software developers
– organizing resources, establishing priorities, and managing projects
- collaborating with your peers on the management team to build great company culture and hit metrics and goals
– communicating with people in all parts of the company to ensure your team's success
– making board-level presentations and communicating with investors
If you feel you're a good fit, please use the "Apply Now" button to submit your resume and application.
If this job is not right for you, but you know someone else who might be a good fit, please pass this along. Thanks!
Applicants with recommendations are preferred. (
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Mobile Workforce's Sonim CEO Needs COO Buddy
Says Sonim's CEO Bill Plasche "Sonim is in the process of building out a $20 to 30M US revenue business by selling enterprise class cellular solutions including software and customized cell phones to major carriers in the US and Europe including KPN, Telefonica and Vodafone."
He is looking for someone that has some experience in the wireless sector to take on a central operational role that manages the interface between sales and mareketing and engineering and manufacturing. This role will forecast demand, determine manufacturing orders and ensure that product gets to the customer.
Sonim is backed by Accel, 31 and other VCs and has raised over $68M.
Apply to jobs@sonimtech.com.
The ideal candidate will have had 5 years of experience with some of that in the wireless world. The candidate will have a strong academic background with a strong prefernece for an MBA.
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March 07, 2007
VP Marketing For Canada's Coveo In Corporate Search and Multimedia
Coveo has offices in Palo Alto but its HQ is in Quebec, so we are guessing you would do your time up near the hockey rinks. It looks like you would report to Laurent Simoneau, President and CEO who comes to Coveo from Copernic, where he was the COO.
Apply - here
The Vice President of Marketing is an executive who will lead and manage all elements of Coveo’s comprehensive marketing program, designed to enhance Coveo’s competitive position in the industry as well as drive top tier sales growth.
Corporate marketing and communication including Coveo’s corporate image, brand promise and positioning, press and industry analysts relations, industry and user events;
Product marketing including targeted product messaging and positioning, pricing, product launches, sales collaterals, win-loss and competitive analysis, and case studies;
Industry marketing including vertical direct marketing programs as well as partner programs within the Microsoft channels;
Field marketing including managing the Coveo corporate web site and self service online distribution, online lead generation campaigns including webinars and podcasts, other lead generation programs execution, as well as customer marketing events.
The Vice President of Marketing will also be intimately involved with both Sales and Product Development functions, and provide key input for product enhancements and new markets that Coveo should pursue.
The candidate will have a BA/BS (MBA preferred) with senior level marketing management experience within the B2B software industry, preferably with a strong background and in-depth knowledge of long-tail distribution models, direct marketing leveraging online techniques, and experience working with the Microsoft global channels.
Prior experience working within high growth environments, strong ability to leverage technology such as Excel, financial analytics skills, and project management abilities are mandatory.
Our culture is entrepreneurial, goals and result oriented, fiercely competitive, and highly collaborative. Our leadership team has driven some of the fastest growing software businesses in America, and we share the same ambitions, drive and passion for Coveo’s future. If you have these skills, believe that you can share our passion and have the energy and determination to succeed, join our team.
Applicants with recommendations are preferred. (You have 0 recommendations.)
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March 05, 2007
Associate For Menlo Park VC Firm Granite Ventures
Granite has done some very good deals so you could do a lot worse. They are looking for someone to check in and out within two years between some experience and biz school.
Submit a resume via email to Sean Bender at sbender@ggvc.com
Granite Global Ventures
Associate Job Opportunity
Job Description:
Granite Global Ventures (GGV) seeks to hire a highly qualified candidate to become an Associate in GGV’s Menlo Park office in mid 2007. The Associate will be expected to take a pro-active role in prospecting for new investment opportunities. The Associate will also conduct preliminary due diligence on prospective investments and research markets and companies of interest. The Associate will work closely with members of GGV’s investment staff, including Managing Directors and Principals. The position is envisioned to be a 2-year role, with a subsequent step likely to be an MBA. A 2-year commitment is required.
Candidate Criteria:
• 2 - 5 years of experience from strategy consulting, investment banking, technology company operating experience, and/or equity research.
• Ambitious, hardworking and able to succeed in a results-driven environment.
• Top communications skills, maturity, and creativity.
• Candidates should be pro-active by nature and feel comfortable with outbound, networking-oriented activities.
• Solid understanding of and interest in technology.
• Analytical thinking and quantitative. Strong modeling and valuation skills.
• MBA not required.
About GGV:
Founded in 2000, GGV currently manages $800 million and has produced over $7 billion in market value of successful exits to date. GGV is a leading provider of expansion capital to rapidly growing technology companies in both the US and Chinese-speaking Asia. Out of its offices in Menlo Park, Shanghai and Singapore, GGV initially invests $3M - $10M, with significant capacity for follow on investments. Representative investments include: 2Wire (combined with Alcatel, AT&T and Telmax), AAC Acoustic Technologies (HKSE:2018), Alibaba.com (combined with Yahoo!), Glu Mobile, Hurray Solutions (NASDAQ:HRAY), Isilon Systems (NASDAQ:ISLN), and Past investments include Kintana (acquired by Mercury Interactive), NetScaler (acquired by Citrix), Oculex (acquired by Allergan), P-Cube (acquired by Cisco Systems), Qpass (acquired by Amdocs), Sirna Therapeutics (acquired by Merck), and Xfire (acquired by Viacom).
Compensation: Competitive with industry standards.
Interested parties should submit a resume via email to Sean Bender at sbender@ggvc.com
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Seed-Funded Seattle Mobile Search Startup Needs VP Engineering/Co-founder
This pre-name Seattle stealth startup needs an VP of engineering/co-founder. More specifically, they need: applications in mobile social networking, group messaging/telephony & voice recognition. They claim they are: "senior Internet executive with a successful track record of launching over 12 ventures resulting in over $200 million in revenue."
Apply here
Seeking accomplished & energetic Engineering leader passionate about innovative applications in mobile social networking, group messaging/telephony & voice recognition. This seed-stage stealth startup was started by a senior Internet executive with a successful track record of launching over 12 ventures resulting in over $200 million in revenue.
The Role:
Reports to CEO, the CTO or VPE will be a hands-on leader (read: you could code with the best of them) & have responsibility for typical engineering-related functions in a consumer mobile startup:
* Technology strategy from initial concept to commercialization, identifying & developing innovative technical solutions to address customer & business scenarios, & building compelling customer experiences.
* Recruit & manage a world-class development team through design,
development, testing and launch. Manage the deployment process to ensure that the product gets built, gets built to spec, & is shipped on time.
* Apply innovative information architecture, usability, accessibility and
design principles.
Qualifications:
* Hands-on software development leader who thrives in early-stage startups, with outstanding record of delivering products from the earliest conceptual stages to successful product launch.
* Willingness & ability to roll up sleeves and build sizable modules of
the mobile service from scratch. You will be the originating
engineering force through your excellent & innovative coding skills.
* Critical thinking skills, finding creative solutions to problems, &
ability to learn (& code) quickly. Defining viable technical solutions &
strategy in alignment with customer experience goals. Proven experience
leading the design, definition, planning and deployment of technology
infrastructure and architecture.
* 5+ years relevant experience (but really it's not the years, it's the
mileage)
* Strong experience launching, releasing, & supporting successful,
large-scale consumer projects
* Strong experience hiring, managing, & motivating a team of A+
engineers through a full product cycle, from inception to release.
* Strong experience with multiple software technologies, Web 2.0 approaches, & innovative programming models, e.g., LAMP, J2SE, et.al. We're not biased but just want the best application service, bar none.
* Experience with rapid development & project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Extreme Programming). Outstanding software process experience including accurately estimating resources needed for software projects, plan and control the technology budget.
* Excellent communication & interpersonal skills, ideally including Board & executive interactions.
* Education: BS, CS, Engineering, or related field.
* A plus: Previously was CTO, VP of Engineering or VP of Software
Development with a high-growth, venture-backed startup & passion &
energy to do it again.
* A plus: Previous experience in consumer mobile services/applications,
group telephony/messaging applications, &/or speech/voice recognition.
* A plus: Experience extracting patentable ideas, working with engineers and legal to file patents. A stable of interesting and innovative patents with your name on them.
* A plus: Successfully formed & managed geographically-dispersed engineering teams & processes.
* The right to work in the United States.
To Apply:
Please email a resume & high-level one-page description of a related product/service you are particularly proud to have delivered, ideally related to the space we're working in. Without revealing proprietary information, describe the strategic goals of the project, technical design of the product, structure of the team, your specific role, & how you addressed key technical and business challenges you encountered. You may submit more than one such description.
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CFO For Draper Backed, Burlingame-based Mobile Entertainment Biz Limbo 41414
Burlingame's Limbo 41414 makes text-message games to play on cell phones and raised $6M in its 2nd round of VC funding from Azure Capital Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Limbo had raised $3M in Series A in 2005.
email - jobs@41414.com
Description
THE ROLE - CFO
We’re seeking a hands-on CFO to be a member of the executive team, to help define the future of the company, and to enhance business performance and value. The CFO also will direct and oversee the financial and business activities, policies, procedures and controls of the company, and lead the company’s human resources activities and to attract, retain and develop world-class talent. Additionally, you will lead contract and business agreement negotiations, review of all legal documents, and spearhead financial and legal due diligence on major programs, ventures, and business relationships.
Additional responsibilities include:
• Plans, develops, and establishes financial policies and objectives.
• Accounting, risk management and asset preservation (including trademarks).
• Confers with company management team to plan business objectives, to develop organizational policies, to coordinate functions, and to establish responsibilities and procedures for attaining annual objectives and goals. Establish a structure of enterprise accountability for results. Evaluates performance of managers with established goals and objectives of prior year.
• Assists CEO in creating company strategy and direction. Reviews activity reports and financial statements to determine progress and status in attaining objectives and revises objectives and plans in accordance with current conditions. Gain business alignment to identify, evaluate, and execute strategies.
• Direct supervisor of accounting personnel. Assists in day to day operational accounting procedures including accounts receivable & payable, general ledger, data entry. Evaluate, enhance accounting and internal control systems and assist with strategic growth initiatives.
Requirements
• MBA required
• MBA / JD preferred
• Minimum 10 years experience within Accounting and Finance.
• Minimum 5 years experience in business analysis, financial reporting, and budgeting, preferably with a start up.
• Minimum 5 years experience negotiating or evaluating contracts.
Other Qualifications
• Strategic thinker/creative problem solver with the ability to take a big-picture approach to problem solving and understand the long-term view and objectives and develop creative solutions.
• Can effectively manage conflicting agendas, adjusts readily to multiple demands, shifting priorities, and rapid change.
• Develops effective working relationships, handles situations with credibility, honesty, professionalism, and confidence.
• Works effectively on own with minimal direction or feedback; and willingly makes own decisions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
ABOUT LIMBO 41414
Limbo 41414 (www.41414.com) is defining a new category of mobile entertainment with its text-message based game play. Limbo brings consumers an engaging community-driven gaming experience while delivering exposure to leading brands and media companies through branded prizes.
Limbo 41414 is a private corporation backed by two of the world’s top Venture Capital funds: Azure Capital Partners (www.azurecap.com) and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (www.dfj.com). This venture also reunites the proven entrepreneurial team of Rob Lawson, Jonathon Linner and Juho-Pekka Virolainen. Limbo 41414 is headquartered in Burlingame, California.
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As Heard On Radio: COO For Lifelock
The VC-backed, Phoenix-based Lifelock has a search on for a COO. You may have heard the start-up's radio promotions, which seem effective to us.
The start-up is financed by Bessemer and is growing at the rate of 25% per month and are at a run rate this month of $18M. The expect to be at $100M by the end of the year.
The company's ideal candidate is a senior manager in a credit bureau's operation group or holds a similar position in the client services group of a major financial institution.
We are looking for a superstar COO. Our company is cash-flow positive, has the market leadership position in an exploding industry and is financed by Bessemer. We are growing at the rate of 25% per month and are at a run rate this month of $18mm. We will be at $100mm by the end of the year.
You must have a reputation of unquestioned integrity in a culture that values people above all else, whether they are customers, employees, vendors, investors or contractors. We want every person who ever works with us to be delighted by the experience.
Our fundamental principle is "Do What You Should, Not What You Can." If that doesn't sound like the way you live your life and make your business decisions, you are not going to fit in this culture.
You must have deep and proven experience building scalable teams and systems that are consumer-facing. Experience in large sales organizations is nice, but experience in large client service environments is more interesting to us.
If you are a senior manager in a credit bureau's operation group or hold a similar position in the client services group of a major financial institution, we believe that you would come here with a running start.
You must be an Operator. We are not looking for our next CEO.
We believe in leading balanced lives. If you are working 80 hours a week, something is wrong. Our culture encourages time with family, outside interests, continuing education and community service. Even though we are a hypergrowth startup, no one sleeps at the office. We're here for the long haul.
We are located in the Phoenix metro area. You must live, or be willing to live, here.
You will report directly to the CEO and have very high visibility with our Board. This position is vital to the company's success. You will be paid very, very well if you execute to our standards, which are nothing short of excellence in all areas.
We're ready for you now.
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Sales VP For NYC's Hispanoclick Ad Network
This is a fairly new online ad network that sells online ads targeting hispanic Americans as well as Latin Americans. We don't believe that the company has raised venture capital, and is rather growing organically.
Send resume to:admin@hispanoclick.com
HispanoClick is looking for an enthusiastic VP of Sales with strong relationships with the media-buying community.
HispanoClick.com is a leading Hispanic online ad network dedicated to serving US and international markets.
SUMMARY: The VP will be accountable for all revenue relating to advertising, branded entertainment and marketing partnerships. This person will also be responsible for recruiting and managing high-quality sales team in USA and in Latin America. In this essential, visible role, the successful candidate will be critical to the success of HispanoClick.com.
REVENUE RESPONSIBILITY:
• Working closely with the CEO, the Vice President will develop sales plans and revenue forecasts and targets.
• Be responsible for implementing and achieving those targets.
• Prepare necessary plans and budgets, including personnel, capital expenditures, and all necessary operating costs.
• Monitor budgets to ensure that expenditures remain within parameters, taking appropriate steps as necessary.
SALES STRATEGY:
• Identify and analyze key accounts, both clients and agencies.
• Develop and maintain local marketing intelligence and an understanding of market trends, client business needs, and industry reactions to the company’s initiatives.
• Develop and implement key account strategies.
• Advise and assist in the negotiation of rates, contracts, and development of special arrangements.
• Develop personal relationships with key clients, ensuring they are informed about problem solutions offered by the company.
• With the CEO, develop strategies for penetrating new markets in Latin America.
MANAGEMENT & TEAM BUILDING
• Build and manage a sales team, adding qualified team members as necessary.
• Oversee recruiting, hiring, integrating, leading, scheduling, record keeping, and training as well as ongoing guidance, performance feedback and evaluations, disciplinary actions and dismissals as required.
• Supervise the performance, productivity and adherence to quality standards of the staff. This includes the ongoing motivation, training, and skills development to create a knowledgeable and professional staff.
• Develop sales goals, program incentives and account management strategies.
• Ensure that all sales goals are achieved or exceeded.
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:
• Variety of media sales experience primarily in online
• Established senior-level contacts within media agencies and clients; very deep rolodex into all major media agencies and large national advertisers
• Exceptional sales skills
• Consistent success at meeting or exceeding ambitious revenue targets.
• Experience in designing processes, identifying potential customers, and aggressively implementing plans.
• Business and analytical skills to oversee financial and administrative areas including sales administration, financial reporting, planning and budgeting, sales support, etc.
• A genuine roll-up-your-sleeves attitude about work. The company is not an appropriate environment for those who would be order takers.
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Marketing VP For Controversial, VC-backed PayPerPost. Must Move To Orlando.
You might have heard of PayPerPost. They marry sponsors with Bloggers who agree to blog for money. Critics have called it Payola and say its bad for blogging.
We like that fact that PayPerPost is honest in its recruiting posts: "Before you read any further please visit our website http://www.payperpost.com, our blog and do a search on YouTube and Google for PayPerPost to see what we are all about. Seriously. Go. Now.
Whewww. You made it back. That means you're not afraid to brave the critics and you believe in the concept as much as we do. All of that noise out there is without a VP of Marketing. Imagine what we could do if you came on board!"
Email - jobs@payperpost.com
PayPerPost,Inc. is a rapidly growing venture-backed Internet advertising marketplace. We are a young, fun, energetic organization that eats sleeps and breaths the Internet and social networking . We are seeking an individual that thrives in startup organizations and understands the unique opportunities and challenges that go along with startups. We are looking for the big thinkers that can make the dreams a reality.
Before you read any further please visit our website http://www.payperpost.com, our blog and do a search on YouTube and Google for PayPerPost to see what we are all about. Seriously. Go. Now.
Whewww. You made it back. That means you're not afraid to brave the critics and you believe in the concept as much as we do. All of that noise out there is without a VP of Marketing. Imagine what we could do if you came on board!
The individual we are seeking will have the overall responsibility for building a strong marketing organization and supporting your counterparts in sales and strategy. You will report directly to the CEO (a guy who has started and run an agency for the past 11 years) and have ownership of mass-market blogger and advertiser acquisition.
You must have experience with leading a team and managing multi-million dollar advertising budgets. Your ability to create ROI must be matched by your creative spirit. These are keywords that describe you: result-oriented, unconventional, personable, agency friendly, brand ninja, numbers nut, energetic and wicked smart…all with a touch of crazy. You most likely come from a big consumer brand or a kick-ass interactive agency. You must have significant online experience and understand multi-channel marketing.
You will be responsible for marketing, branding, events, communications and promotions. A small team exists, your job is to expand the team and maximize the results. This position offers you the opportunity to make a significant impact on our organization as we build our infrastructure. You've got to be aggressive, hard working, motivated, in love with the Internet, knowledgeable about blogging, willing to travel a bit and looking for a challenging, hands-on, high-profile experience.
You will receive a competitive compensation plan and an exceptional benefits package that includes stock options, 401(k) with company match, health, dental and prescription benefits along with paid time off.
What are you waiting for? Go, on… contact us.
This job is based in sunny Orlando, Florida. Sorry, telecommuting is not available for this position. Relocation package is available.
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March 02, 2007
Finance VP for Santa Clara's Code Green Networks
Code Green Networks, sells of enterprise content security solutions. In early 2006 it did an oversubscribed Series C round of funding of $15M, bringing the company's total funding to date to $32M. This latest round, led by Sierra Ventures and including investment from Bay Partners, was oversubscribed by four times the amount raised.
The company is need of a VP of Finance but does not indicate if an IPO is in the works any time soon.
Email - careers@codegreennetworks.com
The Vice President of Finance will manage all corporate financial activities and act as a key advisor to the CEO. Responsible for comprehensive financial management of the company, this person will drive the budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, financial analysis and overall financial processes for the Company. The successful candidate is flexible and thrives in an ambitious and dynamic business environment and is a team player. This individual should also be able to identify issues, make appropriate recommendations, and drive agreed recommendations to resolution.
Responsibilities:
Develop and implement accounting and financial policies and procedures
Implement and maintain internal controls and processes for expense control, cash management, capital expenditure and accounting systems
Ensure accurate and timely issuance of monthly financial reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principals
Ensure corporate compliance with all state and federal tax laws and all regulatory reporting
Manage cash and investments
Prepare and review annual and quarterly budgets and operating plans
Oversee monthly close related activities
Coordinate external audit process for both financial and tax
Review contracts and other legal documents
Oversee and manage all areas of Human Resources
Perform due diligence on potential acquisitions and define process for acquisition financial integration
Successfully manage relationships (identify, contact, inform, negotiate) with external auditors, lawyers, bankers, insurance brokers and investors
Requirements:
BA/BS degree in Finance or Accounting, CPA and experience at a major public accounting firm (Big 4 is a major plus)
A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including cost accounting, budgeting, analysis, and systems
Software/High Tech industry experience
Track record in raising external capital
Ability to influence and impact financial business decisions at the executive level
Must be able to accurately compile and synthesize both quantitative and qualitative data
Excellent business acumen, solid understanding of key financial metrics and strong analytical skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent organizational/people management skills
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VP, Corporate Development and Strategy for NYC's Ad Network Tacoda
Tacoda has been ramping up with a lot of new faces and seems to need one last VP, for now. Tacoda and they had great publishers to back it up. It has deals with more than 4,000 Web sites reaching more than 118M unique visitors per month (ComScore, October 2006). Major media partners include The New York Times, NBC Universal, Hoovers, HGTV, Food Network, Cars.com and Tribune Interactive.
Still the company always seemed a bit lite in terms of management bench and marketing. It has really made in-roads in the past year to change that. Last summer it brought on Curt Viebranz as CEO, moving founder Dave Taylor to Chairman. Since then the company has been on a hiring tear. Viebranz was President of HBO International and Time Multimedia.
Now Tacoda raised $7M in Series D funding. Return backers include Rho Ventures, Masthead Venture Partners, Hanseatic Americas and Union Square Ventures.
The company has strong competition from Blue Lithium and Tribal Fusion and of course Google but that doesn't seem to have hampered growth much.
Send your resume with a cover letter and salary requirements to resumes@tacoda.com with the job title in the subject line.
TACODA®, Inc. (www.tacoda.com) is the world’s largest and most advanced behavioral targeting advertising network. Since 2001, TACODA has provided a comprehensive range of behavioral targeting solutions to thousands of Web publishers and brand marketers. TACODA enables brand advertisers to target relevant messages to specific audience segments serving people, not pages. Virtually every top 100 online advertiser has run campaigns on TACODA-enabled Web sites.
The Vice President for Corporate Development will be responsible for understanding the competitive dynamics in the field of interactive advertising, recognizing new opportunities, developing new business initiatives and implementing corporate and business level strategies for the company. This position will report to the Chief Financial Officer and will work closely with our executives to communicate short-term and long-term opportunities. This person will work with senior management and internal/external constituents to build ventures that are successful and results-driven.
Responsibilities:
• Work with Executive team to develop corporate and business level strategy and to communicate key positioning and performance metrics to financial and strategic constituencies
• Serve as interface to development of international markets
• Develop new market initiatives, assess new markets and analyze business opportunities
• Conduct financial feasibility studies and develop proposals for new business opportunities
• Monitor interactive advertising trends to drive company strategy, development and positioning
• Establish relationships and partnerships within the interactive media industry
• Develop financial forecasts and budgets for assigned areas of responsibility
• Track and review actual results versus plan and forecast for monitoring business performance and compliance
• Conduct due diligence on corporate capabilities, distribution/marketing channels, and industry dynamics, strengths and weaknesses to provide strategic insights and recommendations
• Build financial models to validate the costs/benefits of new initiatives, considering budget, organizational impact and financial reward
• Synthesize and articulate key findings as appropriate for Operations, Finance, Product Development and Executive audiences
• Use sound financial and market analysis to build a case and make a recommendation for taking a strategic position
Requirements:
• B.A./B.S. (finance, economics), MBA or advanced degree preferred
• 8-10 years of experience in business development, financial analysis and strategic planning
• Proven experience negotiating and closing strategic partnerships
• Excellent applications experience (MS Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Ability to negotiate contracts and work with attorneys to close contracts
• Solid understanding of the internet media and advertising space
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical abilities
• Strong problem solving and communication skills
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VP Finance For VC-Backed Photo Tech Riya (Like.com)
VP Finance/Controller – Riya Inc
Riya is a visual search engine that recently launched its site at www.like.com . Like.com is visual shopping site that allows users to search for items that look similar based upon shape, color, pattern, and more. The company raised $15M From Bay Partners a year ago and rumors were that Google was to buy them. You can read about it here:
Businessweek
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/08/riyas-likecom-is-first-true-visual-image-search/
Scobleshow
VC Peter Rip is an investor and we recently heard him say great things about management.
Now that we have growing revenues we need a seasoned person to help us count the money. We are looking for a VP of Finance/controller. The ideal candidate has
• 10+ years of experience as a controller
• 3+ years of experience as a corporate controller for a technology startup
• Experience with equity based accounting (FAS 123R)
• B.S. in Accounting, Masters or MBA from a top 10 University is preferred
• Successful completion of at least 3 years of audits by outside auditors
• Micro-revenue experience and ecommerce revenue experience preferred.
• Experience with CPC or CPA Internet revenue systems a plus.
• Experience in managing a subsidiary in India and consolidation of books ideal.
This position reports to the CEO and comes with a generous compensation and equity package. Riya hires only the top 1% of candidates, compensates them generously, gives them lots of responsibility, and expects nothing but the best from them.
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VP Marketing & Business Dev for Angel-Funded Live internet TV Start-up In Palo Alto
Veodia is a pre-launch, angel-backed start-up that says it is about to launch a live Internet TV service. They arelooking for a VP of Marketing and Business Development.
They’re based in downtown Palo Alto, a few blocks from the Caltrain station. The founders just say that they come from the MPEG-4 / h.264 streaming and open source worlds and have been working on the product for over a year and are now.
Send resume and pointers to relevant experience: jobs@veodia.com
You will be part of the executive team, in charge of:
- Developing and implementing a market strategy: go-to-market, sales model and pricing, channels
- Brand building and communication, management of product launch with PR agency
- Development and management of strategic partnerships.
This starts as a very hands-on job and as we grow you will be responsible for building and managing your own team.
Ideally, you have already played a major role in a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) company and are familiar with consumer, corporate and media markets. You also have experience building and managing a team. Above all, you are ready for the exciting challenge and potential upside of joining an early stage start-up with a very innovative technology.
Attractive salary/equity package depending on your background and experience. Director level candidates welcome to apply too.
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Spun of out MSFT, SF-Based Social Network Wallop Seeks Engineering VP
With technology that was spun of of Microsoft, pre-launch Wallop is building social networking stuff and needs a VP of Engineering.
Wallop's 38-year old CEO Karl Jacob was CEO of anti-spam startup Cloudmark. He also led Keen, a personal advice community that raised more than $100M from Benchmark Capital, Vulcan Ventures, and Merrill Lynch.
- Although MSFT has long been derided for its lousy Interfaces, Wallop has turned to UI craftsmen Frog Design for this one.
- Along with MSFT, Bay Partners is an investor.
- Jacob's complaint with social networking sites like MySpace is that they become impersonal because they are built around the idea of simply gaining more friends. Wallop has built algorithms that watch personal interactions and then creates a network automatically.
- Wallop does not plan to make money through online advertising, but does not say how it will make money.
email - jobs@wallopcorp.com
My client is the newest, smartest and most sophisticated social networking site online. The company was founded in Microsoft’s Research Labs, since which time it has been spun out and has secured substantial further investment from two of Silicon Valley’s leading VCs.
My client is redefining the popular social networking space by introducing a new social experience that integrates self expression with exclusivity. In addition, my client leverages a revolutionary new business model which offers a sol